In article , tiredofspam
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I don't understand.
Gass offered it to companies, they didn't want it.
He creates his own... typical American ingenuity and open market.
Now you want him to give it away for free?

Yep. He can't have it both ways. Either he sells it and makes a profit
or he gets it legally mandated in which case he should not be allowed to
profit from the mandate.

He tried selling the license to these companies and they balked.
I applaud his effort. Very American....
You must prefer the socialist or communist countries KRW...
Either that or your brains are scrambled.... That kickback hit you in
the head?

It's the socialist or communist countries that dictate what must be
manufactured.

On 9/29/2011 5:52 PM, zzzzzzzzzz wrote:
On Thu, 29 Sep 2011 17:40:49 -0400, "Mike Marlow"
wrote:

zzzzzzzzzz wrote:

The reason I wouldn't is *exactly* this discussion. Nice hardware,
crap company.

I disagree. they are a for profit company. It's to their advantage
to leverage everything they can to command market share. Most of the
discussions here are far too altruistic - as if Saw Stop should be
doing something more "nobel". Hell - they're about making money.
God bless them for going for it in what ever way they can do it.
Don't understand why anyone would call them a crap company.

Wrong! I don't do business with unethical companies. Period.

I guess it's all in what one considers unethical.

Inventing a widget, getting the government to require said widget, and
refusing to sell said widget freely, is unethical to most normal minds. Yes,
Gass makes the Snidely Whiplash list. Nope, not going to happen.